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By Helen Jonsen
I am a veteran journalist who has had the opportunity to cover stories for news on three continents, and be the interviewer or fly on the wall when business and political decisions are discussed or made. My kaleidoscope career from print to broadcasting to the web while raising a big family of four kids offers an interesting perspective on life. I hope you agree. Let's engage in a conversation about life-work-family balance. Even with all my experience, I still struggle with that everyday!
It’s the day after President Obama’s State of the Union speech. The pundits had their say. The Republicans in Congress and the candidates have had theirs. And today the Federal Reserve chimed in acknowledging that the economy is expanding “moderatel ... Read more...
I looked back through my blog posts for the last two years and saw that several of them start with titles that contain the months of the year and other milestones  I guess that’s how we mark our lives.  So this blog is no different. It’s mid-January alread ... Read more...
Our colleague and friend, Katherine Lewis at About.com took at look at a new sociological study on how working moms multitask. We know we do, every minute of every day.  But it's good to see we are not alone. See Katherine's take here. Read more...
Can you be sure of your household budget when the US government can't agree on theirs? Not really. If you're family is like mine, you are looking at the holiday budget and wondering how to cut costs this year. The fact that even for those of us who are employ ... Read more...
Halloween was not over when the Christmas decorations began to crowd the seasonal sections in Target and CVS.  I put on blinders until trick-or-treating ended (and the Strange Snow Storm of 2011 blew through).  But here it is the second week of November wi ... Read more...
This Halloween makes me sad. Every year for so many years there was excited chatter in my house about Halloween costumes that started sometime in September. I always insisted on making things or throwing together facsimiles of popular costumes. And found myself sewi ... Read more...
I recently visited Sweden and Denmark. Working mom conversations are everywhere. Everyone talks about how it's not easy raising a family today and holding down a full-time job even in countries where there is more public family support than in a the USA. I spoke to ... Read more...
By now, the movie I Don’t Know How She Does It is beginning to wane in movie theaters.  It followed the book by the same title, set in London about investment banker Kate Reddy. In the movie, t ... Read more...
Sometimes you walk into a room and passion overwhelms you.  I don’t mean that kind of passion. I mean the passion for the greater good – passion with purpose. That happened this week as the United Nations (UN) Foundation unveiled its Read more...
I am sitting at my desk this Friday afternoon, taking long phone calls, checking statistics and now, musing a bit and now writing this blog. This is the part of my day that has not been made harder by the orthopedic boot wrapped around my left foot. I don’t h ... Read more...
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